Show, Don’t Tell – Exercises for Writers
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Here are some writing exercises that you can practice for showing, rather than telling. I’ve begun the scene. You show something.
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The benches were empty.
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It was getting dark. I was getting nervous.
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He paid me the rest of the money he owed me.
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She was worried. Where was he?
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Tom Spratt was fat. He didn’t like to fly.
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There was the noise of two people talking, coming from the next room.
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It had been a long day. I was tired.
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He finally signed the agreement. I was free.
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I could only see a small light in the distance.
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